NG Models May 2023 Release Hint

[Atlspotter]

Hopefully the C-G is the Westjet Mickey livery or frozen, C-G for 321 could be AC, Ryanair 738, and G-S should be BA 773

I’d love to see the WestJet mickey livery, I saw it at ATL once

 

[Atlspotter]

Even though there was no US a330, i’d love to see a Hawaiian A332 re-release

 

[JJ Skippy]

Thank goodness NG is laying off on the massive releases and focusing on what’s delayed. Even still they might manage to produce some good models for this month.

 

[Planeoldwill]

Hoping that the EI is another Ryanair, could possibly be the Dreamliner livery or a max. I personally don’t mind a smaller set this month if it means NG can deliver on the previous months as it then allows for bigger releases as the year goes on

 

[Bulgogi77]

Yes it is. On Facebook they stated that they want to complete the delayed models, which results in a smaller than usual set.

That's a great idea. I was wondering if they'd take a breather or even a month off to catch up on all the delayed releases. They'll be all caught up after this month. I wonder how big next month's set will be. Will we set a new record?

As for the N70xxx A321, that's probably a Frontier (would be a first for NG!) or perhaps even the first Spirit A321neo (N702NK). If it's Frontier, I wonder which tail they'll use.

I think N702FR (Courtney the Cougar) and N704FR (Virginia the Wolf) are my favorites of the bunch.

 

[pons399]

Finally they're taking a breather. Good for them. Hopefully they take this time to improve their 747.

NG originally said the first 748 would be announced in May, so it certainly looks like they're taking some time to improve it.

 

[Alzyerpal]

I'm reliably informed the Tristar is indeed a Pan Am and described as "last in fleet".

 

[Purpleplane]

I'm reliably informed the Tristar is indeed a Pan Am and described as "last in fleet".

Last in fleet would be N514PA.

 

[KL808]

I'm reliably informed the Tristar is indeed a Pan Am and described as "last in fleet".

Is it in hybrid color or a re-release?

I’m hoping it’s a non hybrid

 

[SJOIB7685]

I'm really interested in these three models.

Boeing 737-800
HP-183XXXX (Copa/Wingo) EDIT: It can't be Wingo because of the reg., so I'm thinking maybe a Copa in the StarAlliance livery maybe?

Airbus A321
N70XXX (Frontier)

Airbus A330
LV-XXX (Aerolíneas Argentinas)

 

[1/400collector]

Where's my 747 !?

 

[DreamlinerFan2016]

As per posted on DA.C:
NGM May 2023 Release Hints, formal announcement to follow shortly.

Boeing 737-800

C-GXXX
HP-183XXXX
B-54XX
B-54XX
EI-XXX

Boeing 777

G-SXXX
PK-XXX

Airbus A320

VH-XXX

Airbus A321

C-GXXX
N70XXX

Airbus A330

LV-XXX
B-1XXX
B-3XXX

Airbus A350

B-58XXX

Lockheed Tristar

N50XXX

Here are my Predictions:

Boeing 737

• WestJet Boeing 737 MAX 8: C-GIWJ
• Copa Airlines Boeing 737-800: HP-1834CMP
• Air China Boeing 737-800: B-5442
• Air China Boeing 737-800 (Star Alliance Livery): B-5425
• Ryanair Boeing 737-800 (Blended Winglets): EI-EVK

Boeing 777

• British Airways Boeing 777-300ER: G-STBI
• Garuda Indonesia Boeing 777-300ER (Retro Livery): PK-GIK; or
  • Garuda Indonesia Boeing 777-300ER (Skyteam Livery) PK-GIi

Airbus A320

• Jetstar Airbus A320 (10th Anniversary Livery): VH-VGF

Airbus A321

• Air Canada Airbus A321: C-GJWN
• Frontier Airlines Airbus A321
  • Candidates List:
    • Max the Lynx
    • Steve the Eagle
    • Virginia the Wolf
    • Otto the Owl
    • Courtney the Cougar
    • Joe Bob the Badger

Airbus A330

• Aerolíneas Argentinas Airbus A330-200 (Argentina National Football Team Livery): LV-FVH
• Hainan Airlines Airbus A330-300: B-1022
• Shenzhen Airlines Airbus A330-300: B-303N

Airbus A350

• Starlux Airlines Airbus A350-900: B-58501

Lockheed L-1011 Tristar

• Pan Am Lockheed L-1011: N504PA

 

[LiveryCollector]

The wallet is safe this month, waiting for the Azul A350 from last month. Hoping NG will eventually also make a KLM A330 on their mold. Would be a nice addition

 

[JJ Skippy]

That's a great idea. I was wondering if they'd take a breather or even a month off to catch up on all the delayed releases. They'll be all caught up after this month. I wonder how big next month's set will be. Will we set a new record?

As for the N70xxx A321, that's probably a Frontier (would be a first for NG!) or perhaps even the first Spirit A321neo (N702NK). If it's Frontier, I wonder which tail they'll use.

I think N702FR (Courtney the Cougar) and N704FR (Virginia the Wolf) are my favorites of the bunch.

I’ve been waiting two and a half years for NG to do this, back when they had the first mould for this type. Why they didn’t do it then I don’t know, but it’s about time they’re doing Frontier…

 

[VDH.FliesOut]

Here's my guessing list. A bit easier to work with, since I basically copied and pasted some airlines from the previous month's hint. That, and the list is a lot smaller~ So far, I'm really eyeing on that Starlux A350! I love their livery, and I've seen some flight reviews. It looks like a fantastic airline!

Airbus A320

VH-xxx​

Ansett Australia (any reg.) "2000 Olympics" Sticker (VH-HYN) "Sydney 2000" Livery (VH-HYB)

Jetstar (any reg.) A320 (w/ or w/o WL) Current or Old Livery

QantasLink (any reg.)

Tigerair Australia (any reg.)

Airbus A321

C-Gxxx​	N70xxx​
Air Canada (any reg.) A321 “Star Alliance” (C-GITU)	Frontier Airlines (any reg.) A321 (WL)
Air Canada Rouge (any reg.) A321 (w/ or w/o WL)	Spirit Airlines (N702NK) A321neo
Air Transat (any reg.) A321 (w/ or w/o WL), A321neo “Thomas Cook engines” (any reg.) “Pride” (C-GOJC) (**Kids’ Club exists in NG’s database)	X​

Airbus A330

LV-xxx​	B-1xxx​	B-3xxx​
Aerolineas Argentinas (any reg.) A330-200 "Argentina Football Team" (LV-FVH)	Capital Airlines (B-1043) A330-243 (B-1042) A330-343	Capital Airlines (B-305R / B-309T) A330-343
X​	China Eastern (any reg.) A330-300	China Eastern (any reg.) A330-300
X​	China Southern (any reg.) A330-300	China Southern (B-300U / B-300V) A330-343
X​	Hainan Airlines (any reg.) A330-300	Hainan Airlines (any reg.) A330-300
X​	Lucky Air (any reg.) A330-300	Lucky Air (B-305W) A330-343
X​	Shenzhen Airlines (any reg.) A330-300 “Shenzhen Fashion” (B-1017)	Shenzhen Airlines (B-302E / B-303N) A330-343
X​	X​	Sichuan Airlines (any reg.) A330-200F A330-300 “Shuangliu No. 1” (B-308F) (B-32D2) | A330-300(P2F)

Airbus A350

B-58xxx​

Starlux Airlines (any reg.) A350-900​

Boeing 737

C-Gxxx​	HP-18xxxxx​	EI-xxx​
Air Canada (any reg.) B737 MAX 8	Copa Airlines (any reg.) B737-800 (WL) "Star Alliance" (HP-1823CMP / HP-1830CMP) "ConnectMiles(.)com" (HP-1849CMP)	Ryanair (any reg.) B737-800 (WL) (re-release??) B737-700 (WL) (EI-SEV) (any reg.) | B737 MAX 8
Flair Airlines (C-GFOF) B737 MAX 8	X​	X​
Lynx Air (any reg.) B737 MAX 8	X​	X​
Swoop (any reg.) B737-800 (**exists in NG’s database. Re-release??)	X​	X​
WestJet (any reg.) B737-800 (WL), B737 MAX 8 “Disney Frozen” (C-GWSV) “Disney Mickey” (C-GWSZ) (**”100th Boeing Sticker” & B737-700 exists in NG’s database)	X​	X​

B-5xxx (x2)​

Air Changan (any reg.) B737-800 (WL)

Air China (any reg.) B737-600/ -700 (w/ or w/o WL) "Pink Peony" (B-5211 / B-5214) "Air China Inner Mongolia" (B-5226) "Beijing 2008" (B-5201 / B-5202) B737-800 (w/ or w/o WL) "Gold Peony" (B-5390) "Pink Peony" (B-5177) "Silver Peony" (B-5176 / B-5178) "Yellow Peony" (B-5198) "Phoenix" (B-5422) “Star Alliance” (B-5425 / B-5497)

China Eastern (any reg.) B737-700 (w/ or w/o WL) "Yunnan Peacock" (orange) (any reg.) B737-800 (w/ or w/o WL) “1000th Boeing to China” (B-5756)

China Postal (any reg.) B737-800(BCF) (w/ or w/o WL)

China Southern (any reg.) B737-700/-800 (w/ or w/o WL)

China United Airlines (any reg.) B737-700 (WL) B737-800 (WL) “Anshun Huangguoshu Waterfalls” (B-5448) “City of Rizhao” (B-5470) “Qingyang Apple Manor” (B-5471) “Baotou Dream Build” (B-5665)

Deer Jet (B-5266 / B-5273) B737-700(BBJ)

Donghai Airlines (B-5311 / B-5313) B737-800 (w/o WL)

Fuzhou Airlines (any reg.) B737-800 (WL) “Fuzhou Cellar Wine” (B-5503)

Hainan Airlines (any reg.) B737-700 (w/ or w/o WL) B737-800 (w/ or w/o WL) “Little Door Gods” (B-5467) “Chang'An Bank” (B-5835)

Hebei Airlines (B-5212 / B-5215) B737-700 (w/ or w/o WL) B737-800 (WL) “Zhengding” (B-5601) “Enjoy Hebei” (B-5753) “石家庄号” (B-5790)

JD Airlines (B-5113 / B-5335) B737-800(BCF) (w/ or w/o WL)

Lucky Air (any reg.) B737-700/-800 (w/ or w/o WL) “Oriental Sea” (B-5268)

Shan Xi Air (any reg.) B737-700/-800 (w/ or w/o WL)

Shandong Air (any reg.) B737-700 (WL) B737-800 (w/ or w/o WL) (B-5111) | B737-800(BCF) QQ(.)com (B-5119) “Zhongtai Securities” (B-5651 / B-5652) “DEEJ” (B-5785) “China Arts Fest.” (B-5786) “Expo 2014” (B-5787) “Intl. Horticultural Expo 2014” (B-5856)

Shanghai Airlines (any reg.) B737-700/-800 (w/ or w/o WL) “Ji An” (B-5132)

Shenzhen Airlines (any reg.) B737-700/-800/-900 (w/ or w/o WL)

Urumqi Air (any reg.) B737-800 (WL) “和田号 Hotan” (B-5407)

Xiamen Air (any reg.) B737-700 (w/ or w/o WL) B737-800 (WL) “100th Boeing” (B-5688) (**Skyteam & Beijing Daxing liveries in NG’s database)

Boeing 777

G-Sxxx​	PK-xxx​
British Airways (any reg.) B777-300ER	Garuda Indonesia (any reg.) B777-300ER “Skyteam” (PK-GII) Gov. (PK-GIG) “Retro” (PK-GIK)

Lockheed L-1011

N50xxx​

Pan Am (any reg.) L-1011​

 

[British Airways fan]

Here are my Predictions:

Boeing 737

• WestJet Boeing 737 MAX 8: C-GIWJ
• Copa Airlines Boeing 737-800: HP-1834CMP
• Air China Boeing 737-800: B-5442
• Air China Boeing 737-800 (Star Alliance Livery): B-5425
• Ryanair Boeing 737-800 (Blended Winglets): EI-EVK

Boeing 777

• British Airways Boeing 777-300ER: G-STBI
• Garuda Indonesia Boeing 777-300ER (Retro Livery): PK-GIK; or
  • Garuda Indonesia Boeing 777-300ER (Skyteam Livery) PK-GIi

Airbus A320

• Jetstar Airbus A320 (10th Anniversary Livery): VH-VGF

Airbus A321

• Air Canada Airbus A321: C-GJWN
• Frontier Airlines Airbus A321
  • Candidates List:
    • Max the Lynx
    • Steve the Eagle
    • Virginia the Wolf
    • Otto the Owl
    • Courtney the Cougar
    • Joe Bob the Badger

Airbus A330

• Aerolíneas Argentinas Airbus A330-200 (Argentina National Football Team Livery): LV-FVH
• Hainan Airlines Airbus A330-300: B-1022
• Shenzhen Airlines Airbus A330-300: B-303N

Airbus A350

• Starlux Airlines Airbus A350-900: B-58501

Lockheed L-1011 Tristar

• Pan Am Lockheed L-1011: N504PA

Really hope the BA is a different Registration, since AV400 did that reg with the ARD exclusives

 

[Danio1988]

Really hope the BA is a different Registration, since AV400 did that reg with the ARD exclusives

AV400 done 2 of G-STBI didn’t they, one standard and one with the “Good luck Team UK” stickers

 

[British Airways fan]

AV400 done 2 of G-STBI didn’t they, one standard and one with the “Good luck Team UK” stickers

Correct

 

[Danio1988]

Correct

Did you get both, 1 of them or neither?

 

[British Airways fan]

Did you get both, 1 of them or neither?

I have the normal, I just need the Good Luck Team GB one